Theatre Archive

Leo Schofield makes no bones about it – he considers the Paris Opera Ballet the Rolls Royce of ballet companies worldwide. He is not alone in this assessment: the Paris Opera Ballet is universally regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ballet …

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is on the hunt again for new fresh funny faces to join the ranks of Australia’s most prestigious open mic comedy competition in 2013. Registrations for RAW Comedy are now open around the country, with heats to be …

You’d be hard pressed to find a show that traverses multiple times and locations in the blink of an eye. Yet the Cranston Cup Theatresports Grand Final transported audiences from a Church confessional, to an alien probing, then to an American airport …

The Enmore Theatre will host a thrilling night of improvisation, rapid fire wit and musical mayhem tomorrow night with the Cranston Cup Theatresports Grand Final. The Cranston Cup features the crème de la crème of Sydney’s improvisation scene and a series of …

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang takes off at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney delivering a fun night out for young and old. The original inspiration for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a children’s book written by Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels. …

The Bell Shakespeare production of Molière’s The School For Wives is absolutely hilarious. Director Lee Lewis has brought a modern touch to this tale of infidelity in verse based on an excellent translation by Australian playwright Justin Fleming that conveys the wit …

Lush, seductive, subversive, electrifying, jaw-dropping and freakishly fun. Yes, you’re in for a treat when Moira Finucane brings the Glory Box Edition of her cabaret hit to Sydney’s Seymour Centre on November 15. Against a backdrop of tassled lanterns, satin brocades and …

Cirque Du Soleil’s latest extravaganza, OVO, injects you with the sudden desire to rush out and purchase a gymnast trampoline, become a body contortionist or even foot-juggle kiwi fruit in perfect unison with a friendly juggling ensemble. The performance celebrates the Brazilian …

Salome, an opera in one act, was written by Richard Strauss who based it on Oscar Wilde’s atypical and rarely performed play of the same name. Wilde wrote the play in French although it was translated into German for the opera adaptation. …

“Don’t quibble, Sibyl,” quips Toby Schmitz as Elyot in Private Lives. Sibyl, Elyot’s new bride, has good reason to complain. Her husband is a rakish cad, with his eyes on another woman: his ex-wife Amanda in fact. Ralph Myers brings Private Lives …